Health Literacy: A Public Health concern? 1-day Conference, Manchester, UK

Venue: Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre (Manchester)

Friday 10th June 2011

Join us for our first national Health Literacy Research Conference.

Health literacy is -

‘the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand, and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health’.

We welcome applications for oral presentation or posters on Health Literacy research and development. The abstract submission guidelines are available from the website http://www.healthliteracy.org.uk/

or Lucy McDonald: mcdonall AT lsbu.ac.uk

The conference will include 2 plenary sessions with international health literacy

keynote speakers and a panel discussion.

Cost: £60 per day

My source: Lucy McDonald

Update - King's College London mental health SIG 17 May

With the title of my talk sorted here is the programme for the Mental Health SIG meeting:

Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre
Room: 1.17 Franklin Wilkins Building (1st floor)
Franklin-Wilkins buildings, King's College London,
150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH

Monday 17th May
10- 4pm
King’s College London, Waterloo

Programme

10:00 Arrivals and Refreshments

10.30 Welcome and introductions
Bill Penson
Teacher Fellow/Senior lecturer in Mental Health,
Faculty of Health, Leeds Metropolitan University

11.00 ‘The Darzi Dementia care pathway- competencies’
Professor Paul Kingston
Faculty Director for Research and Scholarship
Staffordshire University

12.00 Lunch and Networking

13.00 ‘Hodges' model: a conceptual framework’
Peter Jones
Community Mental Health Nurse NHS,
Independent Scholar & Informatics Specialist

1400 Refreshments

14.30 ‘e-PsychNurse’ an EU funded project
Professor Mary Chambers
Director of Nursing
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

15.30 Future meetings and summing up
Bill Penson

16.00 Close

I can expand on my plans - broadly three 20 minute sections:

• Re-introduce the model, history, background;
• Explain h2cm's relevance, scope and applications - possibly with a brief exercise;
  
• Discuss publications to date, future publication plans to include the website and use of Drupal, with time for questions.
  

Presentation: King's College London 17 May Mental Health SIG

Can you join us at the Higher Education Academy Health Sciences & Practice Subject Centre - Mental Health SIG in London
17th May 1000 - 1600?

I am really looking forward to presenting at the Mental Health Special Interest Group next month. It looks a great prospect as I have an hour on the programme. The draft title does not really represent what I intend, paradoxically I will re-introduce Hodges' model and explain why the model is so relevant in theory and practice.

I will outline my presentation here in a future post and the programme overall. For my sins I am now also a sign-off nursing mentor, so being able to network is another great plus. More to follow ....

Here are some details about the SIG from their website:

Welcome

To date, there has been no UK wide, cross disciplinary special interest group providing a regular opportunity for educators to meet face to face - with a view to exploring common issues and challenges, sharing resources and influencing policy and practice in the field of mental health. Arguably, this has hampered educators’ capacity to shape and respond to new developments.

In February 2005 the ‘Common Ground’ event organised by the Mental Health in Higher Education project in partnership with the Health Sciences and Practice subject centre met to identify key issues facing mental health educators in nursing and the Allied Health Professions. Subsequently, the special interest group has broadened out to encompass all colleagues with an interest in sharing approaches and engaging in debate about educational practice and the implications of policy developments for learning and teaching about mental health.

Who is the Mental Health SIG for?

Anyone involved in higher education with an interest in mental health.

We are keen to bring together people from across all disciplines and perspectives (including lecturers, practice educators and user educators and carers with involvement in education) – those who are mental health specialists and those for whom mental health may be one aspect of a broader subject area.

Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre
Room: 1.17 Franklin Wilkins Building (1st floor)
Franklin-Wilkins buildings,
King's College London,
150 Stamford Street,
London SE1 9NH